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Scratch (2007)
Snap code blocks together, make a game, share it, and let others remix it.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 4
- Rarity
- Epic
- Family
- Creators
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
Ongoing: At a Creators location, +2 Power to this card.
Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 4 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Creators cards are strongest on their own, and some only get going late.
The site, in 2007
MIT Media Lab's block-based programming language for children, and the website where they share and remix the games, stories and animations they make.
Mitchel Resnick's Lifelong Kindergarten group built it from 2003 with National Science Foundation funding, testing it in after-school Computer Clubhouses. Shared projects carry a Creative Commons licence crediting the original maker; the site now holds over 164 million.
In 2007: The software and its sharing website opened to the public in May; anyone could try a project, comment on it and download its code.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2007 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2007, then plays a short scene. Want Scratch in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
